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Omaha daily bee., 1887-11-27

at Indianapolis, started several years
ago, has been a marked success; the CO.
operative broom factory at New Orleans
has been so successful that 1T is now
doing more business than any of its
competitors; there are several
successful cooperative shoe fac
tories in Massachusetts, and
few other examples exist else
where. In all cases where cooperation
has been successful its effect upon the
labor market in It's locality had been
beneficial. In the system Of co-opera-
tive stores, also, the failures outnumbcr
the successes, but the history of several
associations demonstrates that the sys-
TEN can be made successful and highly
beneficial when conducted on correct
business principles.
Those interested in the cause OF CO.
operation must learn from the ascer-
tained causes of failure what is neces-
sary to be done to achieve success.
There does not appear to be any sound
reason why the intelligent working
classes of America should be less able
than those OF England and Germany to
conform to business principles and re-
quirements, and in both these coun-
tries cooperation has been greatly
successful. In England almost every
town has its cooperative association,
and in some of the larger cities these
associations have accumulated great
wealth and have proved to be n great
mower for amel iOratinp the condition of
the working classes. German official
statistics show that at the close of 1856
there were in existence ABS co-Opera-
tive societies against 4,l7O in 1888, a
growth that indicates the success of
these associations. Cooperation, both
in the production and in the distribu-
tion of commodities. contains the prom
ise Of greater advantages and benefits
to the working classes of the United
States than any other principle or sys-
TEN with which they can concern them
selves. 1t is advocated by the most in
telligent and earnest friends of labor us
the most certain and effective means
of securing to the wage earners
greater independence and a better re-
turn for their labor. That cooperation
has not been more successful in the
United States is due to no fault in the
principle. and the causes of failure are
remcdiable. The subject is one which
every intelligent workingman should
make himself familiar with, and which
every association of workingmen should
frequently discuss.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-11-27

ear for the plants of their indignant neigh
bors, are vastly exercised over the political
situation in France.
II is the true policy all round to have an
open fight on the principle of protection, and
let the best side win. Should the next can
vass be confined manly to the cvil-scrvce
issue and the tariff, without reservation or
dodging on either side, it would do much to
lift the controversy Of 1SsS away from sec
tional lines and make it more national than
1t has been for fifty years.
National conventions have outgrown the
habit of looking to members of congress for
presidential tips" But the public will
watch with no little interest the indications
as to the probable disposition of the treasury
surplus. That huge pile of idle money in the
treasury of the United States. wrung from
the people by unnecessary and indcfcnsiblc
taxation, is the central fact confronting the
craftsmanship of the period.
Several half breed sheets, including the
Chicago mugwump organ, says the Chicago
Tribune, are much concerned over an alleged
anti-Blaine scheme to hold the republican ma
tiona convention in New York where "local
influence" is expected to tell heavily against
the man from Maine. The mugwumps and
independents should not permit themselves
to become unduly excited or anxious over
this or any other alleged plot against Blaine
Omaha daily bee., 1887-11-27

When the last national convention of
the Knights of Labor failed to make pro-
vision for extending the principle of CO.
operation, and the general feeling man
ifestcd regarding it seemed lacking in
interest, the friends of cooperation be-
lieved that an important duty had been
neglected and a serious mistake made
by the organization. Assuming, how
ever, that the convention was in posses
sion of all the facts regarding co-opera-
tive enterprises in this country, it is
easy to see why the majority may have
concluded that as yet the financial re-
sources of the organization could be en-
ployed to better advantage in other di
rections.
Cooperative enterprises have been
undertaken in the United States on
much more extensive scale, and during
much longer period than is gen.
orally supposed. There are industries
now being carried on upon the cooper
ative principle which were established
more than twenty years ago, and there
were experiments under this plan at
remoter date which long ago failed.
| The principle has also had a wide appli-
| cation, having been tried in most of the
manufacturing cities of the country.
| The history of these cooperative enter
| priscs is not all of a discouraging ma
ture. On the contrary, there are in
stances of highly gratifying successes.
| But the results of the experiment in the
| United States have, as "a whole, not been
satisfactory, and it is interesting and
| instructive to note the causes cited in
explanation of this.
| The New York SIN recently investi-
gated the history of cooperative en-
| terprises in sixteen representative
cities east of the Mississippi, with
the result of finding that the failures
| largely outnumbered the successes, and
that of the latter only very few were
worthy of comparison with similar in
dustries carried on by individual capital
and energy. The failure of most OF
these undertakings is ascribed to lack
of business skill and judgment, conten'
tions among managers and inability tt
compete with the regular trade. The
general history is that so long as a co
operative enterprise, for which there
was a fair field, was conducted on stric
business principles it prospered, bu
when these ceased to be observed in it
management it failed or went into pri
vate hands. Many now large and pros
porous enterprises had their beginning
as a cooperative experiment, havin!
been rescued from disaster by bein!
changed into private or joint-stocl
concerns doing business after the or
dinary methods. There have been, how
ever, some notable successes which ar
convincing examples of what can b
accomplished when cooperation 1
started on correct business principle
and these are adhered to. There ar
, several very successful enterprises IL
New York; the cooperative shops @
, the plumbers and coopers at Milwaukee
| have been in operation for nearly tw
: years with entirely satisfactory results
+ the cooperative furniture lnanufactor
Omaha daily bee., 1887-11-27

THE most earnest republicans in
Cunning county take a great deal of
comfort in the retirement of Judge
Crawford from the bench. This nom
partisan juggler was beaten by over
500 majority in spite of the desperate
efforts made by straight republicans
of the Valentine stripe. They traded
the entire county republican
ticket off for Crawford and
the stalwart eX-cOngressmcn himself
displayed two roosters in his window
iubilating over the democratic victory.
The doleful news of Crawford's defeat
has, however, cast deep gloom in the
camp of the self-styled ''straights,' -
while Craw ford. like jeremiah of old ,
goes about mournfully in sack cloth and
ashes
Omaha daily bee., 1887-11-27

most destroyed by the competition of
the great corporation, which by reason
of its contracts with the railroads is
enabled to greatly underscll the Mari
eta refiuer. He therefore appeals to
the commission for relief, stating that
unless he can have equivalent rates he
must, like others before him. give up
the struggle, The investigation has
now been in progress week, and some
OF the developments have been Of n very
interesting nature, all fully justifying
the complaint. On the evidence pre-
sented it is not easy to see how the COM
mission can fail to decide that Il most
unjust discrimination in favor of the
Standard has been practiced, and that
the roads guilty of this course are amen
able under the law. 1t is intended to
bring the officers of the Standard before
the commission if these gentlemen can
be found, in which case the country may
get great deal of interesting lnforma-
ton regarding the methods of the great
monopoly of which it now has no accu-
rate knowledge. 1t is the most notable
case the commission has had. and the
outcome will be IL matter of very great
Importance.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-11-27
POLITICS AND POLITICIANS.

The Falls City Journal quotes Tom Majors
to prove political point. The evidence is as
far-fetchcd as Donnelly's cipher.
1t is understood that Colonel Colby is now
managing a life insurance company. Having
adjusted the loss on his political death, the
colonel feels much at home in his new po-
SitiOn.
Applcget's majority over Thomas in the
First district was 2,0o9, while Broadys ma
jority over Stull was 39l. The First is a
banner district. And it might be said that
the Third and Seventh are not slow.
The members of the Lincoln city council
who We're fined for contempt of court express
their intention of going to Jail. We are
panied to state that none of the members of
Omaha's city council have any such inten-
tions.
The Plattsmouth journal wants Mr.. Boyd
to resign AS a member of the democratic ma
tional committee, or else have his son-in-aw,
Mr.. Bierbower, let go his United States mar
shalship. Mr. Boyd will not follow that ad-
vice Neither will Mr.. Bierbowcr. They
both know and appreciate good thing when
they see it.
A Wymore paper says Watson Pickercll
has gone to Washington to accept a position
as third assistant door-keeper of the United
States senate. The fair Watson is a graduate
of the Lincoln oil rooms, and undoubtedly
understands his business. When Paddock
became senator thirteen years ago he recon-
mended Captain Ashby for sergeant alarms
of the senate. He did not make the rifle,
luckily. We have not heard whether Mr..
Paddock will recommend the captain for sec
retary of the senate this time, or only have
Omaha daily bee., 1887-11-27
POLITICAL POINTS.

In Cincinnati the prohibition vote was only
about one-third as great as in 1855.
The Philadelphia Inquirer (rep.) thinks
the republican defeat in Virginia is a victory
in disguise.
1t would seem that the result of the Mary
land election has saved Higgins, if he was
ever in danger.
General Bragg, of Wisconsin, has forgotten
all his grievances and publicly indorses Cleve-
land for a second term.
"Why wouldn't Gresham and Hawley
make good republican ticket." inquiries the
St. Louis Globe Democrat. .
When the will of the people controls the
muscles Of the people, the will cannot be sup
pressed at the polls nor counted out by the
trickster.
The Cleveland Plaihdealer ldeni) thinks
there will be no difficulty in re-electing
Mr.. Cleveland ''if the democrats in congress
will do what they should do" 80.
A large number of statesmen who have NO
Omaha daily bee., 1887-11-27
Life Leaves.
The day, with its sandals dipped in dew,
Has passed through the evenings colder

The day, with its sandals dipped in dew,
Has passed through the evenings golden
gates,
And single star in the cloudlcss blue
For the rising moon in silence waits,
While the wind that sigh to the languid hours
A lullaby breathe DER the faded flowers.
The lilies nod to the sound of the stream
That winds along with sullen flow,
And. either awake or half in a dream
pass through the realms of long ago,
While faces peer with many smile
From the bowers Of Memory's magical isle.
There are joys and sunshine, sorrows and
tears,
That check the path of life's April hours,
And a longing wish for the coming years,
That hope ever wreathes with its fairest
flowers,
There are friendships guileless, love as bright
And pure as the stars in the halls of night.
There are other memories-bitter pain
And buried hopes and broken vow,
And an aching heart by the restless main.
And the sea breeze tanning pallid brow,
And "a wanderer on the shell-lined shore
Listening for voices that speak no more
There arc passions strong and ambitions
wild,
And fierce desire to stand in the van
OF the battle of life and the heart Of the
child
Is crushed III the breast OF llle Struggling
man.
But short the regrets and few the tears
That fall on the tomb of the vanquishcd
years.
There's a quiet and peace and domestic love,
And joys arising from faith and truth,
And "a love unquestioning-fa above
The passionate dreamings Of ardent youth.
And kisses of children on lip and check,
And the parents bliss which no tongue can
speak.
There are loved ones lost. There are little
graves
In the distant dell, meath protecting trees,
Where the streamlet winds and the violet
waves,
And the grasses sway to the signing breeze,
And we mourn for the pressure of tender lips
And the light of eyes darkencd in Death S
eclipse.
And thus as the glow OF the daylight dies,
And the nights first look to the day is cast,
/ gaze meath those beautiful summer skies
AT the pictures that hang on the wall ofthe
past.
Oh, Sorrow and JOY chant mingled lay,
When to Memory's wildwood we wander
away.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-11-27

IT took several years of hard fighting
to rid this city of shystering and thiev-
ing justices of the peace. But the roust-
abouts that had the new charter
mutilated last winter revived the old
nuisance and Omaha is to-day again
cursed with "a brood of Justices who will
prey upon the community like grass
hOppers on green corn patch. One OF
these mock turtle law expounders has
just been caught in an unmitigated piece
of rascality in collusion with the motor
ious Van Etten. 1t behoOves the county
commissioners to demand his resigna-
tion or have him removed to Lincoln.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-11-27

TIE clergymen of Massachusetts un-
there is no tendency towards centraliz-
alton of capital. A late inquiry into
the salaries paid this profession in the
Bay State developed the fact that the
average OF income was less that one
thousand dollars per year. Knowing
that the occupants of city pulpits re-
ceive large salaries, those in the rural
districts will certainly never become
monopolists.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-11-27

tion "a the stubborn manifestations u an
overloaded stomach.
uWhcn the matter..of cost is not material,
interested parties would perhaps ask for
some easier problems; but in view OF the
economy with which a Thanksgiving ailm ent
can be treated in every we'll regulated house,
mold the latter would perhaps win the day.
From boys standpoint the question Is
open to discussion. II cannot be dismissed
with the Indifferent remark: "Evcrv one to
his own taste" On the authority of one who
was a boy himself for as many years ms was
consistent, the assertion is made that all
boys glory in the same taste. An unwrittcn
law in the code of boydom, one old
as that of the Mcdes, requires
the "cutting" of any boy who attempts to
vary in the taste from the orthodox prefer
Cnce. All boys see alike. When one varies
from this rule he ceases to be a boy and tho
historian can wash his hands of the rcsponsi-
bility of his entire future. To George Wash
ington alone has been accorded the distin-
guishcd honor of retaining for his boyhood
the respect of boys, after having committed
an unboyish act.
Individually regarding all questions alike
which affect their interest there is little
doubt that the boy himself is seriously put
out in solving this question.
The Fourth of July offers many opportuni-
ties for display, a pasttimc fully appre-
ciated by the average boy. Excellent
chances for noisy demonstrations are
not few, and in accordance with u
time honored custom the day is celebrated in
a manner peculiarly pleasing TO the Juvenile.
On the other hand Governors Sunday
strikes a long and oft felt want with tho
young man. The only induccment ever sue
cessful in drawing him away from noisy
demonstration has been the prospect of
good dinner. yet Just AS often has he left
partially finished feast to join the din and
fray of noisy companions. Taking it all in
all the question is II hard nut for the boys TO
crack.
Whatever preference the parent may have
and whatever doubts the litcrati may enter
toin upon this subject, the world is in debt to
the young gentleman who negativcd the quCs
ton for thought which undoubtedly settles
the discussion as far as the boy is concerned.
According to this young man who is destined
to make his mark in the world the Thanks
giving boy revcls in his unholy appetite, and
leaves the fray with the ailmcnt of
| IA home guard "What could be
more undignifcd," asks he ethan the ap-
pcarancc of IA boy among his fellows doubled
| up with aches and pains in the region of his
| suspcndcr buttons: How different from him
| is the Fourth of July kid who meets his
| trials as a soldier, and is borne to his home
to receive the sympathy of his parents and
the envy of his companions
This is a sumner The argument is con-
Omaha daily bee., 1887-11-27

THERE is universal protest through
out the country against the ruling of the
postofiico department in regard to trade
marks and pictures upon wrappers and
envelopes Of third class mail matter. a
large portion Of every community is
harrassed by the new order. The fault
is in the law which congress should
modify as soon rs possible 1t may be II
Commcndable ambition in Postmaster
General Villas to attempt to make the
postal department pay its way, but 1t
should be borne in mind that this insti-
tuition exists for the convenience of the
people and not as source OF revenue.
The public has become so accustomed to
using trade marks on all sorts of mail
matter that the sudden prohibition OF
the practice proves 10 be great incon-
Seuaence' d. e; J. q" g. '.' -.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-11-27
The Safcnuards of the RepubliC,

The ReV. l)r. Newman, VINO OBTAINED
great prominence as the court chaplain
OF the Grant dynasty and staunch sup
porter of the the third term Cnsarism
has happy faculty of opening his
mouth and putting his foot in it. DR..
Newman delivered q Thanksgiving SER
mon at the national capital, in which he
stopped over completely and exhibited
his natural tendency toward imperial
ism and despotic methods.
DR.. Newman's text was "The Safe
guards of the Republic" and this text
afforded him not only ammunition to
lombard the Roman Catholic church,
which he regards US the natural enemy
of the republic, but he delivered a
whole broadside at anarchists in gen
eral, and Herr Johan Most and Captain
Black in particular.
DR.. Newman is reported as laying
down the following cardinal principles:
"He who by language incites to treason is
traitor: he who incites to anarchy is an an
archist. We must hold men responsible for
their utterances.r
The doctrine which DR.. Newman lays
down sounds very patriotic, but it never
was and never can be carried into prac-
tical effect in a republic without
seriously shaking its very foundation.
Wendell Phillips and William Lloyd
Garrison, who rank among the most
loyal of Americans, publicly denounced
the constitution of the United States as
a league with hell.
Horace Greedy advocated peaceable
secession and urged congress to let the
erring sisters go. Charles Sumner,
Henry Wilson, Salmon p. Chase,
William H. Seward, and some of the
most prominent public men openly de-
nounced the hanging of John Brown,
who was convicted of murder and high
treason. But nobody, not even the
| most rabid slave-driver even demanded
| that Phillips, Garrison, Greedy, Sum-
ner, Seward, Chase or Wilson should be
hanged of punished for reasonable ut
| terances. And how was it during the
war? 1t is a matter OF history that free
speech was tolerated all through the
north during the most trying time in
the history of the nation, and that the
great Safeguards of the republic" were
never allowed to be repressed by any
fear of reasonable speech.
Copperheads were allowed to hiss
their sympathies with treason into the
ears of loyal men everywhere, and the
only interference with free speech was
by mobs, and not by the police. Who
does not remember Brick Pomeroy's in
famous and reasonable sheet-the La
Crosse Democrdt' That paper was more
dangerous to public safety than all the
anarchist harrangues, yet more thar
one hundred thousand copies o
it were circulated through the mails
each week without interference, at ,
time when the laws of war would hav,
justified its suppression. Clement
Nailandigham was about the only ma,
who was taken to task for stirring "
rebellion at home, and he was not hun!
nor incarceratcd but simply transferre'
across the border into the confederut
lines.
DR.. Newman aud other extremists d
not seem to realize that free press an
free speech are the safeguards OF our re
public. Like Samson who pulled ava
Omaha daily bee., 1887-11-27
Enfnrce High License.


In season and out of season the BEE
has upheld the high license law as the
most effective and practical regulator of
the liquor traffic. The only tangible
argument which prohibitioniats have
brought against high license is the fail
urc Of the authorities of Omaha to have
the law rigidly enforced. For this fail
ure the liquor dealers are not wholly
responsible. When Mayor Broatch re-
Gently ordered the chief of police to en-
force the provisions of the law, which
prohibits the sale of liquor on election
day, all but ten out Of two hundred and
forty liquor dealers obeyed the order
and kept their places of business closed
on election day. And this. in spite of
the Infamous resolution adopted by the
city council advising the liquor dealers
to pay no attention to the law and the
mayors order.
In other words. the liquor dealers
have shown themselves more law-abid-
ing than the councilmen who are sworn
to obey the constitution and laws of Ne
braska.
The most fragrant violation of the
high license law is the disregard of the
provision, which requires the pay
ment of 81 900 from each applicant for
license before he can legally sell liquor.
This provision was purposely miscon-
strued by General Henderson when he
was city attorney. Under his ruling an
ordinance was drawn in direct violation
of the statute, and quarterly payments
were allowed. This, of course, left all
the dealers in the same boat as outlaws.
since no license could be issued
until the last quarter. But as
General Henderson was the legal
adviser of the city, his ver-
sion of the law held good until the
courts decided otherwise. In due time the
state supreme court rendered decision
which made the payment of 81 1000
mandatory. No attention whatever
was paid to this decision. The council
| and license board deliberately ignored
| and nullihed the decision of the SUI
| preme court and have continued the
| lawless system up to date.
| a new departure has just been taken
by the council, which calls for some
plain talk on our part and decisive ac-
tion on the part of the mayor. The
council, by and with the advice of City
| Attorney Webster, has passed a re-
vised high license ordinance which is to
take effect in January. This ordinance
re-enacts the unlawful proviso that pay
ments can be made quarterly
and leaves the city in the same
attitude of reckless defiance Of the law
and the supreme court as it has been in
the past five years.
Why should men who are sworn tC
obey the law violate their oaths and
record themselves as outlaws? And why
should the city attorney give counte'
nance to such conduct? 1t seems tC
us the mayor has plain duty to per-
form, and that is to veto the ordinance
We believe in high license, but we dc
not desire the law to remain sham and
Il delusion. If the payment of 81 900 i;
oppressive, let the law be modified. But
while it remains in force, the author.
tiles have no right to ignore it or set il
aside. Compliance with the law is the
only safeguard against prohibition.